Los Angeles Times Book Prize Names Several SWC Faculty and Alumni as Finalists
Finalists were announced for the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes for the best books of 2010, and we were happy to see a number of conference alumni and faculty…
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SWC Faculty, Lecturers, and Alumni Inducted into Fellowship of Southern Writers
New members of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a group of artists seeking to recognize and encourage literature in the South, were announced recently, and we were happy to see…
Dates and Faculty Announced for 2011 Sewanee Writers’ Conference
From July 26 through August 7, 2011, the University of the South will host the twenty-second session of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Supported by the Walter E. Dakin Memorial Fund…
The Best American Series Includes Many SWC Alumni
We're happy to see so many familiar names in the Best American Series for 2010. Bryan Furuness, who attended this past summer's conference as a Tennessee Williams Scholar, had his…
Three SWC Faculty Members Featured on The Writer’s Almanac in August
On August 19th, Mary Jo Salter's poem "Midsummer, Georgia Avenue" was featured on NPR's The Writer's Almanac. The poem, which is set in Sewanee (at Stirling's Coffee House to be…
2010 SWC Schedule Now Available
We are happy to unveil the schedule for the 2010 Sewanee Writers' Conference. Robert Hass will kick off the conference with a reading on the evening of July 13 and…
2010 SWC Faculty Members Appear in Best of the Web 2010 Anthology
Christine Schutt and Claudia Emerson, who will be on faculty for the upcoming conference, will appear in DZANC Book's Best of the Web 2010 anthology. The Best of the Web…
Barry Hannah (1942-2010)
We are saddened to hear that Barry Hannah, a great friend of the conference, passed away on Monday, March 1. Barry was a member of the fiction faculty at Sewanee…